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On the first day of Lent, Catholic priests put this on the foreheads of worshipers |
ashes
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Orbit, a sugar-free gum introduced by this Chicago company in 1977, failed |
Wrigley
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Albert Brooks debuted in this Martin Scorsese film but Robert De Niro was in the "Driver's" Seat |
(Barbara: What is Taxi?)
Taxi Driver
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The name of this narcissus comes from the Middle English Affodylle |
the daffodil
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Title shared by Cabrini, Teresa & Nature |
Mother
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Tasmania was separated from the mainland of this continent about 12,000 years ago |
Australia
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From the Latin for "to make holy", it's an animal killed as a gift to a god, for example |
a sacrifice
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In 1979 the Bechtel Corp. won the right to help clean up this Pennsylvania nuclear plant |
Three Mile Island
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This "Sleepless In Seattle" star played Candice Bergen's daughter in "Rich and Famous" |
Meg Ryan
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The cacao tree yields seeds called these |
cocoa beans (cacao beans)
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This old, robed & white-bearded man carrying a scythe is a real clock watcher |
Father Time
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This U.S. state has thousands of lakes, including Minchumina, Naknek & Teshekpuk |
(Barbara: What is Minnesota?)
Alaska
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From the Aramaic for "father", it's the head of a monastery |
an abbot
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This business magazine gained a large readership under its founder's son Malcolm |
Forbes
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Discovered at Dublin's Abbey Theatre, he was cast as Sir Gawain in "Excalibur"; "Schindler's List" came later |
Liam Neeson
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Discovered in Mexico by a Spaniard, these flowers are named for a Swede, Anders Dahl |
a dahlias
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For Dad it's the boy his daughter married |
a son-in-law
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A haik is a long outer garment with a veil worn by women in this North African country |
Algeria
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On March 30, 1995 Pope John Paul II released his 11th of these, the 194-page "Evangelium Vitae" |
an encyclical
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In 1870 he & his associates, including his brother William, founded the Standard Oil Co. of Ohio |
(Gail: Who is Rockefeller?) (Alex: Which one?)
John D. Rockefeller
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While a drama student in Sydney, he made his screen debut as a shy surfer in 1977's "Summer City" |
Mel Gibson
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This "alligator pear" tree is a member of the laurel family |
avocado
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In "Macbeth" the witches are also called these "weird" relatives |
sisters
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The Buene is the only river in this Balkan country that can be used for shipping |
Albania
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Muhammad's Hegira was a migration from Mecca to Yathrib, a city called this today |
Medina
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This company's first computer, the HP 2116A, debuted in 1966 |
Hewlett-Packard
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Carrie Fisher's first film was "Shampoo" & Ricki Lake's was named for this other hair care product |
Hairspray
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The Ponderosa or Western yellow species of this tree lives up to 500 years |
a pine
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He's a symbol of the U.S. government or the whole nation |
Uncle Sam
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This island separated from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 & is scheduled to become fully independent in '96 |
Aruba
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